MISSION DATA: | |||
DATE | 384th BG Mission # | 8th AF Mission # | 384th PRIMARY TARGET |
1944‑05‑15 | 108 | 356 | Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Mimoyecques, France |
No Bombing Today: The 384th Bombardment Group (H) flew as the high group of the 41st Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Problems with the Gee-H system prevented accurate targeting while making two Gee-H runs, so bombs were returned to base. |
SORTIE DATA: | ||
COMBAT CREDIT | STATUS | TARGET ATTACKED (MODE) |
Yes |
Completed Mission Comments: High Squadron lead. |
No Target Attacked |
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA: | ||||
TYPE | SERIAL NUMBER | SQUADRON | SQ CODE | NAME |
B-17G | 42‑107221 ⇗ | 544th | SU*J | not known |
SORTIE CREW DATA: | |||
POSITION | CREWMEMBER | UNIT | STATUS |
Pilot | Johnson, William T⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Co-pilot | Koehne, George Henry, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Navigator | Schmidtke, George Emory⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Bombardier | Hertel, Wallace Howard⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Radio Operator | Frazier, Ernest Leo⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Engineer/Top Turret | Faux, Roy Sherman⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Ball Turret | Hachmann, Vincent Carl⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Tail Gunner | Crippen, Creig B⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Harrington, Joseph Francis⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | Breen, John Francis, Jr⇗ | 544 | Completed, Uninjured |